HUNTINGTON DISEASE

In 1872 George Huntington wrote about an illness that he termed"a heirloom form generations away back in  the dim past"

Molecular Level:
 HD we can now mention this Huntington diesease as HD results from the genetically programmed degeneration of nerve cells (neurons). It mainly affects the cells of Basal Ganglia,within this basal ganglia HD targets the neurons of striatum.


Gene Level:
Gene responsible for the production of Huntingtin protein lies on the Chromosome 4 of Homo sapiens . the gene is located in the chromosome 4 which is among the 22 non- sexlinked or autosomal pair of chromosomes. So both men and women are at equal risk of acquiring the disease.


The GENE sequence for Huntingtin.